EMERGENCY
BROADCAST SYSTEM: United States. 1964.The
Emergency Broadcast System was established in 1964 to provide a rapid means of
communication to allow the President to communicate with the American public during
war, escalating conditions that threaten war, or other national crisis.The basic operational requirement for the
national Emergency Broadcast System was that radio and television audio
transmissions could be activated within 5 minutes for Presidential
messages.By 1978 the system was also
being used at the state and local level for warning in day-to-day emergencies,
including natural disasters.